564 Mr. T. Carter on the Birds of [Ibis, 



Mergus squamatus Gould. 



Ibis, 1913, p. 283. 



I have two females, obtained in winter iti central Folikien. 



Podicipes holboelli Reinliardt. 



Piickett, Ibis, 1891, p. 226. 



I have lately received two skins from Foocliow, one of 

 them shot in central Fohkien and dated December 1915 ; 

 wing 7'6 inches, culmen 2. The other, merely labelled 

 " Fokhien," is dated 20 January, 1917 ; wing 7-85 inches, 

 culmen 2. 



Larus glaucescens Naum. 



An immature example of this Gull, obtained at Foochow, 

 was identified by the late Mr. Howard Saunders. 



Larus affinis Reinh. 



An adult example, obtained on the coast between Che- 

 kiang and Foochow, was identified as being of this species 

 by the late Mr. Howard Saunders. Another, an immature 

 skin, was doubtfully stated by him to be of the same 

 species. 



XXX. — The Birds of Dirk Hurtog Island and Peron Penin- 

 sula, Shark Bay, WesI em Australia, 1916-17. By Thomas 

 Carter, M.B.O.U. ; with Nomenclature and Remarks by 

 Gregory M. Mathews, M.B.O.U. 



(Plates IX.-X I.) 



Dirk Hartog Island forms the main western boundary of 

 Shark Bay on the extreme west coast of Australia, and is 

 the most westerly land of the island continent, the meridian 

 of 113° E. running almost through Cape Inscription at the 

 north-west corner of the island. The most westerly point of 

 the mainland is Steep Point, immediately below the south end 

 of Dirk Hartog Island, and separated from it by the South 

 Passage^ which, at its narrowest part, is barely a mile in 



